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In Writing, art, quote on 6 March 2009 with 6 comments

I am as everyone knows, a big writer and reader of long letters. Generally I’m fascinated by the language of things but by none more so than the way that two people communicate ideas to one another slowly over time.  Skillfully written letters (even by email) unfurl, beautifully, whether building thematically or chasing their own tails or even flitting from one point [...]

Museum Mile

In Events, art, culture on 4 June 2008 with 28 comments

Yesterday evening I went to museum mile, thereby crossing another New York event off my ever growing list of things to be done. The festival covers the mile long stretch between 82nd and 105th on Fifth Avenue that includes free admission to the Met, Neue Gallerie, Goethe Institute, Guggenheim, Jewish Museum and a few others.
This [...]

In Praise of Melancholy

In art, culture, rant on 17 February 2008 with 7 comments

I came across this article as sort of happenstance, reading about the dumbing down of America. Eric Wilson’s name was briefly mentioned and I had the urge to find out more about his beliefs regarding false happiness–as I wondered about my own pervasive happiness, which seemed in some ways a denial or rather a [...]

I Pose for Kara Walker

In art, culture, personal on 18 December 2007 with 6 comments

When I was in college at the New School I wrote a paper on Kara Walker, the prolific and controversial artist whose work my teacher took me to see at the Brooklyn Museum. I was deeply fascinated by her images then, as I am now and I recently went to see her new show at [...]